Welcome to this month’s Design it with Designer Series Paper Blog Hop. 

Our Design Team is made up of Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators from throughout the world – one from each of the countries/markets that Stampin’ Up! has a presence in. We have come together to share projects focusing on the beautiful Designer Series Paper (DSP) in the Stampin’ Up! Catalogues.

Each month we will be featuring a different designer series paper and in March we are featuring a Sale-A-Bration DSP – the beautiful Painted Seasons 12 x 12 Designer Series Paper.

Here’s all the important info:

Painted Seasons Designer Series Paper  (149574)

Hand-painted imagery for each season

• 12 sheets: 3 each of 4 double-sided designs
• 12″ x 12″ (30.5 x 30.5 cm) 
• Acid free
• Lignin free 

Coordinating colours: Call Me Clover, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Grapefruit Grove, Lemon Lime Twist,
Mango Melody, Petal Pink, Pool Party, Poppy Parade, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White

You can earn this DSP for FREE until the end of March (while supplies last) in two different ways.  With a $NZ110 spend you can choose the Painted Seasons DSP packet, or with a $NZ220 spend you can choose the Painted Seasons Bundle – DSP and stamp set.

Also during March – Stampin’ Up! has several limited-time products available that coordinate with some of the Sale-A-Bration products. One of the Sale-A-Bration Coordination products is the Four Seasons set of framelits which coordinate with the Painted Seasons stamp set.

Design it with DSP Blog Hop Project

For my Blog Hop Project this month I’m featuring the Painted Seasons DSP in a cute folder that holds four Notecards and envelopes.

This folder is “an oldie but a goodie” and when I saw the Painted Seasons DSP I knew it would look fabulous as a folder. 

There is no cutting or sticking needed when you make the folder – only scoring and folding!

I started with a full 12″ x 12″ piece of DSP and here are the scoring measurements I used.

I’ve made these from other sizes too, but you won’t fit the Notecards into a smaller folder.

After I’d scored and folded the DSP to make the folder, I tied a piece of Whisper White Flax Ribbon around it to keep it securely closed when full. 

This is the inside with the four Whisper White notecards & Envelopes in place.

Here are the four matching notecards:

Each notecard features one of the DSPs in the Painted Seasons DSP. The technique I’ve used with ripping the DSP means both sides of the DSP is visible.

I started with a piece of DSP that was the same size as the notecard in one direction and longer in the other. (You could do this either way and with any sized card.) In the photo below you can see how I’ve torn the paper on a slight angle. 

I’ve then turned one of the pieces of DSP over …

… and adhered them onto the card front.

Because the DSP was longer than the card front, the angles tuck under and over each other and the whole of the card front is covered.

Looking at the four cards again – you can see the different DSPs. You can also see that to each notecard I’ve added a piece of the Whisper White Flax Ribbon behind a sentiment which is stamped in Early Espresso onto a coordinating coloured cardstock. These sentiments are from another Sale-A-Bration product – the Part of My Story stamp set.

They’ve been punched out using the Story Label Punch. Each label has an Early Espresso coloured label behind it. 

You can see all the Sale-A-Bration Coordination products by clicking on the image below

Thanks for joining me on our Design it With Designer Series Paper Blog Hop featuring the Gingham Gala Designer Series Paper.

Please check out all the other amazing creations by the rest of the Design Team! 

REMEMBER

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Anyone who purchases $NZ50 of Stampin’ Up! product from me in a month will receive the All Star Tutorial Bundle for Free.

The Bundle contains 12 pdf tutorials designed by demonstrators from throughout the world and it will be emailed directly to you. 

• If you live in New Zealand and would like to know more about becoming a demonstrator – Check out the info HERE.  I’d love to have you join my thINK Creative Team! 

Until next time

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